My words

概念

がいねん

general idea, concept, notion

展開

てんかい

development, evolution, progressing, unfolding, expansion, spreading out, extending, deployment, building up, expansion

本書

ほんしょ

text, script, this book

他国

たこく

foreign country, other country, another province, strange land, alien land

金属

きんぞく

metal, metal, metals

鉱物

こうぶつ

mineral, minerals

レアアース

レア・アース

rare earth elements

抜ける

ぬける

to fade, to discolour, to wear a hole (e.g. clothes), to leave (e.g. a meeting), to be clear, to be transparent (e.g. of the sky), to be stupid, to be absentminded, to be careless, to be inattentive, to exit (a program loop), to be missing, to come loose, to be omitted, to fall out, to escape, to come out

鎖国

さこく

national isolation, exclusion of foreigners

改革

かいかく

reform, reformation, innovation

基づく

もとづく

to be grounded on, to be based on, to be due to, to originate from

競争力

きょうそうりょく

competitive power

後述

こうじゅつ

later mention

異なる

ことなる

to differ, to vary, to disagree

二重

にじゅう ふたえ

double, two-fold, two layers, duplex, diplo-, dipl-

成立

せいりつ

coming into existence, arrangements, establishment, conclusion, completion, to come into existence, to be true, to hold (i.e. hold true)

原理

げんり

principle, theory, fundamental truth

同様

どうよう

identical, equal to, same (kind), like, similarity

直感

ちょっかん

intuition, instinct, insight, hunch, immediacy

処理

しょり

processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal

専念

せんねん

absorption, giving undivided attention, devoting oneself (to)

理屈

りくつ

theory, reason

機械

きかい

machine, mechanism, instrument, appliance, apparatus

設備

せつび

equipment, device, facilities, installation

資本

しほん

funds, capital, capital

無限

むげん

infinite, infinite

有する

ゆうする

to own, to be endowed with

生産

せいさん

production, manufacture

拡大

かくだい

magnification, enlargement, expansion, amplification, magnification

中小企業

ちゅうしょうきぎょう

small to medium enterprises, smaller companies, Small Busi-ness